Lynn Says

We're sure losing a lot of skilled people

 

January 25, 2017



In today's Newsgram is the obituary for Helen Barrett. Her funeral is 10 a.m. this Saturday at the Hopeton Church.

Helen was sort of “community property.” The music department at the public schools claimed her as a pianist, the newspaper claimed her as a writer and open meeting/records expert, the church claimed her because of her skills in religious music, and of course her family claimed her for her mom role. She won more Oklahoma Press Association writing awards than the rest of us put together.

The community lost Jim Barker, extraordinary sports writer, a couple of years ago. He, li...



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